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Agenda for the Harvard Law School Conference on Intellectual Property Law  Wednesday, October 19, 2005
8:15 AM-8:45 AM	Registration and Breakfast
8:45 AM-9:15 AM	Opening Remarks Elena Kagan, Dean, Harvard Law School William F. Lee, Co-Managing Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP William J. Perlstein, Co-Managing Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
9:15 AM-10:30 AM	Patent Litigation:A View from the Bench Moderator: William F. Lee, Co-Managing Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP Panel: Hon. Arthur Gajarsa, Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Hon. Alan D. Lourie, Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Hon. Pauline Newman, Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Hon. Patti B. Saris, United States District Judge, District of Massachusetts Hon. William G. Young, Chief Judge, United States District Court, District of Massachusetts
10:30 AM-10:45 AM	Break
10:45 AM-12:00 PM	Grokster: So Who Won? Moderator: Thomas P. Olson, Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP Panel: William W. Fisher, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School Doug Lichtman, Professor of Law, University of Chicago William F. Patry, Partner, Thelen Reid & Priest LLP Jeremy Williams, Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.
12:15 PM-1:15 PM	Lunch Speaker: Hon. Mark L. Wolf, United States District Judge, District of Massachusetts
1:30 PM-3:00 PM	Developments in Software Protection in the EU: Why Did the Software Patent Directive Fail? Moderator: Klaus Schubert, Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP Panel: David Byrne, Senior Counsel, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP Dr. Urs Gasser, Professor of Law, Director, Research Center for Information Law, University of St. Gallen R. Polk Wagner, Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School
3:00 PM-3:15 PM	Break
3:15 PM-4:45 PM	Can't We All Just Get Along? Patent Reform in the 21st Century Moderator: James B. Lampert, Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP Panel: Q. Todd Dickinson, Vice President and Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, General Electric Company Josh Lerner, Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking, Harvard Business School Arti Rai, Professor of Law, Duke University School of Law
5:00 PM-6:00 PM	Cocktail Reception
	Presentations Panel 1: Patent Litigation: A View from the Bench Panel 2: Grokster: So Who Won? Panel 3: Developments in Software Protection in the EU: Why Did the Software Patent Directive Fail? Panel 4: Can't We All Just Get Along? Patent Reform in the 21st Century Audio Files Opening Remarks (8.33MB) Panel 1: Patent Litigation: A View from the Bench (Part 1 - 51.4MB) Panel 1: Patent Litigation: A View from the Bench (Part 2 - 24.8MB) Panel 2: Grokster: So Who Won? (Part 1 - 50.3MB) Panel 2: Grokster: So Who Won? (Part 2 - 24.3MB) Panel 3: Developments in Software Protection in the EU: Why Did the Software Patent Directive Fail? (Part 1 - 49.2MB) Panel 3: Developments in Software Protection in the EU: Why Did the Software Patent Directive Fail? (Part 2 - 35.7MB) Panel 4: Can't We All Just Get Along? Patent Reform in the 21st Century (Part 1 - 40.6MB) Panel 4: Can't We All Just Get Along? Patent Reform in the 21st Century (Part 2 - 37.4MB)  Related Articles "Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., et al. v. Grokster, Ltd., et al."